Houston Democrats

Several July activism events are listed in PDiddie's post here.

Action Alerts:

Actively Support the Choice of a Moderate Replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor:

• If you have a cell phone, sign up for People at the American Way's Mass Immediate Response site. This way, you'll be able to receive text message action items instantly as events break. (If you signed up during the nuclear option fight, you'll need to re-sign up.)
• Also sign up with the Save the Court, another PFAW website devoted specifically to this issue.
• Recruit friends and family members to the cause.
• Write to President Bush, telling him he should choose a consensus candidate to replace O'Connor.
• Contact Senators Cornyn and Hutchison and tell them the same thing.
• Sign MoveOn's "Protect Our Rights" petition.
• Contact members of the media and tell them you think Bush should nominate a consensus candidate. PLEASE be polite, be brief (200 words or less), and don't do copy-and-paste jobs - put it in your own words.
• Use NOW's tool to contact our senators.
• Sign NARAL's Petition.

Iraq:

• Demand an exit strategy for Iraq - http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=19244

Military Recruiting:

• If you have a school aged child. Learn how to protect him/her from military recruiting at http://leavemychildalone.org/ and tell your friends.
• Scrap the Pentagon's new database - http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=19269

Bolton Nomination

• Tell President Bush to choose a new nominee for UN Ambassador - http://ga4.org/campaign/new_nominee/step1.tcl

Taxes:

• Preserve the Estate Tax - http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=907
• Support an end to taxation of domestic partner health benefits - http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/dptax_senate_urge/

Poverty

• Tell President Bush to lead the fight against World Poverty - http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/live_8
• Support CARE and the ONE Campaign - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/883924698?ltl=1120401842

Energy

• Declare your energy independence - http://straighttalk.ourfuture.org/energy/our_independence.cfm

Civil Rights

• Demand enforcement of protection against discrimination of Federal workers based on sexual orientation - http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/bloch_urge/step1.tcl